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they wanted to refuse president obama any more appointments to appeals court. that's because the court oversees most agencies, health care, financial reform to the irs and epa. underscoring the importance of the d.c. circuit court, four of the nine supreme court justices served on it. but rather than than admit to their fear obama appointee might shift the balance away from them, republicans have cooked up a sketchy, mostly absurd argument that filling an empty seat amounts to court packing. because you know, the second most important court in the land is not busy. why do they need all those judges anyway. >> presently there's enough judges to go around. there's plenty of reasons not to fill any more seats on this court. >> he's trying to pack the court in order to affect the outcomes. if you're going to try to jam three additional judges on the court that are not needed, second most important court in the nation to change the outcome of decisions and rubber stamp the administration's expansive policies, i don't know what else you'd call it other than court pac
they wanted to refuse president obama any more appointments to appeals court. that's because the court oversees most agencies, health care, financial reform to the irs and epa. underscoring the importance of the d.c. circuit court, four of the nine supreme court justices served on it. but rather than than admit to their fear obama appointee might shift the balance away from them, republicans have cooked up a sketchy, mostly absurd argument that filling an empty seat amounts to court packing....
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under president obama, oil production is up. we now have more rigs operating, as i said, than the rest of the world combined. domestic natural gas extraction has also grown to an all-time record. energy companies already hold more than 20 million acres of public land onshore on which they have yet to produce oil or gas. leased public lands onshore. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, was speaking of that. ese bills distract and delay this body's critical attention to the issues of critical concern to all americans, and yes, indeed, to the rest of the world that wants and needs to see a responsible, fiscally secure america. no budget, no budget conference, no farm bill, no immigration bill, no enda bill, all which passed the senate in a bipartisan fashion. they're worthy of debate. that doesn't mean either side has to agree, but that's what we ought to be debating, ladies and gentlemen of this house, because they are the critical issues confronting us before the end of this year and yet we waste our time, and frankly, we let
under president obama, oil production is up. we now have more rigs operating, as i said, than the rest of the world combined. domestic natural gas extraction has also grown to an all-time record. energy companies already hold more than 20 million acres of public land onshore on which they have yet to produce oil or gas. leased public lands onshore. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, was speaking of that. ese bills distract and delay this body's critical attention to the issues of critical...
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president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship between the president and bill clinton. during a golf outing in 2011 meant to strengthen the bond between the two, they didn't finish all 18 holes. and after coming off the course, obama allegedly told aides about clinton, quote, i like him in doses. the book notes that the president has come to rely, though, on clinton's advice, but their relationship of course may once again be put to the test as we get closer to 2016 and a possible presidential run by hillary. >>> another turn in the texas abortion law situation. a federal appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling that blocked a series of new abortion restrictions. the ruling lets most of the new limits take effect immediately. means up to a dozen clinics won't be able to perform abortions. the restric
president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship between the president and bill clinton. during a golf outing in 2011 meant to strengthen the bond between the two, they didn't finish all 18 holes. and after coming off the course, obama...
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this isn't just about obama care in their view? >> not at all. this is the president's signature achievement. it would be a black mark for it not to work. bigger than that, this has a potential to undermine his entire legacy, his entire vision of government. i went back and read the president's inaugural speech from just the beginning of this year. this was a ringing call to what he called collective action, government action. if government doesn't work here he is not going to be advance that agenda for activists. his entire vision for a second term begins to collapse. >> so many plans on the line. thank you, george. thank you, rebecca, once again. an extraordinary day today. >>> now we move on tonight. a new scandal for the secret service. this time an agent assigned to guard the president accused of inappropriate behavior. abc's junior justice correspondent pierre thomas on this new story tonight. >> reporter: only 19 months after secret service agents were accused of sleeping with prostitutes on a presidential trip to colombia, this is not the
this isn't just about obama care in their view? >> not at all. this is the president's signature achievement. it would be a black mark for it not to work. bigger than that, this has a potential to undermine his entire legacy, his entire vision of government. i went back and read the president's inaugural speech from just the beginning of this year. this was a ringing call to what he called collective action, government action. if government doesn't work here he is not going to be advance...
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developed, but the site can now handle up to 25,000 users at one time. >>> and even though president obama said he, quote, continue have enough awareness of the issues surrounding the website, white house officials now say he was briefed on the possible online failures earlier in the year. yesterday the president spoke about the ongoing partisan fight over the affordable care act. >> we are going to have to, a, fix the website so everybody feels confident about that. we'll have to obviously remarket and rebrand. and that will be challenging in this political environment. i think that we probably underestimated the complexities of building out a website that needed to work the way it should. what was already going to be hard was operating within a very difficult political environment and we should have anticipated that that would create a rock r i rollout than if democrats and republicans were both invested in success. one problem is one side of capitol hill is invested in failure. >> this morning jpmorgan executives will no longer have to worry about the federal government investigating th
developed, but the site can now handle up to 25,000 users at one time. >>> and even though president obama said he, quote, continue have enough awareness of the issues surrounding the website, white house officials now say he was briefed on the possible online failures earlier in the year. yesterday the president spoke about the ongoing partisan fight over the affordable care act. >> we are going to have to, a, fix the website so everybody feels confident about that. we'll have...
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obama care is on life support. president obama keeps giving it another jolt to keep it alive. you would say what, sir? >> i would say, just look at the facts. you know, you go to these states where our exchanges are working. people are signing up in droves. and that's what's going to happen, once they get the federal exchange set up. you know, forget about the politics. you know, as governors, we don't have time to worry about all these ideological battles. i've got 4.3 million people to take care of. and i'm going to take care of these 630,000. we're going to end up with a healthier workforce and a important productive workforce and it will attract more jobs for kentucky. >> howard, help me understand the politics. oum trying to square the success he's having with mitch mcconnell jolly stomping on the grave of obama care. put the two of those together. >> the governor knows kentucky politics better than i. even think the governor doesn't want to put politics in the equation, the fact is there's a very important se
obama care is on life support. president obama keeps giving it another jolt to keep it alive. you would say what, sir? >> i would say, just look at the facts. you know, you go to these states where our exchanges are working. people are signing up in droves. and that's what's going to happen, once they get the federal exchange set up. you know, forget about the politics. you know, as governors, we don't have time to worry about all these ideological battles. i've got 4.3 million people to...
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-- obama left out "under god." from his reading of the passage. that this nation under god, shall have a new birth of freedom. he left out under god. >> he left out under god. this was a thing on the right today. all over the right. not just on a.m. radio. look, obama removes god from gettysburg address. that was at a website, brightbart. this one, obama owe mitts god from gettysburg address reading. on the right-wing blogs. on this one, watch, president obama leaves out an important word in the reading of gettysburg address. god. on right-wing radio. obama delivers gettysburg address on you tube, leaves out under god. the daily caller website so heat add but their version of the story that they had the managing editor of the whole website, write up their article about it. headline, national review online. obama cuts under god out of gettysburg address. the mediaite covered it under the guys of covering the outrage about it. president obama, omits god. yeah, the right just had its hair on fire about this today. how
-- obama left out "under god." from his reading of the passage. that this nation under god, shall have a new birth of freedom. he left out under god. >> he left out under god. this was a thing on the right today. all over the right. not just on a.m. radio. look, obama removes god from gettysburg address. that was at a website, brightbart. this one, obama owe mitts god from gettysburg address reading. on the right-wing blogs. on this one, watch, president obama leaves out an...
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>> i think it will be tough for them, chris, because they're already in danger because of obama care and the rollout of the health care website has been a disaster for them. so taking further risks on guns. >> the only thing that will make them do that is pressure from below. that is all this evening, the rachel maddow know starts right now. >> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. $67,000. $67,000 the latest data available from the census bureau that that's the typical net worth for the american household. the median means that there's an equal number of households that are worth more than that and an equal number of house holds that are worth less than that. the medium net worth for an american household, the median net worth for a member of the house, is that number plus 1 million. almost exactly. those are the numbers if you round to the nearest thousand, these are the act numbers. and the bottom number there, that's from the center for responsive politics, that's the median net worth for this freshman slash of members of congress. it's weird, right? it's almost uncanny
>> i think it will be tough for them, chris, because they're already in danger because of obama care and the rollout of the health care website has been a disaster for them. so taking further risks on guns. >> the only thing that will make them do that is pressure from below. that is all this evening, the rachel maddow know starts right now. >> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. $67,000. $67,000 the latest data available from the census bureau that that's the...
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tough day for the obama administration on capitol hill. there was a lot of squabbling in the hearing room, real tensions evident between democrats and republicans on this panel but the obama administration officials were asked time and time again whether or not they can promise to hit the november 30th deadline for fixes healthcare.gov they laid out for themselves. they are unable to give a concrete answer to that that really brought confidence to the republicans on the panel on capitol hill. take a listen to this exchange where they ducked the issue whether or not they can guarantee november 30th is a head deadline for a fix. >> are we going to hit november 30th? >> thank you for the question and thank you for your kind words at the beginng, as well. the goal that has been laid out is for the site not to be perfect by the end of november -- >> functional people can log on. >> so the vast majority of americans will be able to use the site smoothly. that's the goal we're going for and working hard to get there. >> todd, the white house chie
tough day for the obama administration on capitol hill. there was a lot of squabbling in the hearing room, real tensions evident between democrats and republicans on this panel but the obama administration officials were asked time and time again whether or not they can promise to hit the november 30th deadline for fixes healthcare.gov they laid out for themselves. they are unable to give a concrete answer to that that really brought confidence to the republicans on the panel on capitol hill....
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obama's america. you hear some things probably about all the people on food stamps possibly, if you have some very hard core consumers of conservative media. there is a sense that has been sold to the consumers of that media, that people on food stamps are essentially milking the system, getting one over. what's remarkable about this, that general narrative is not new in conservatism at all, the idea of this fear of slackers sucking at the feet of government. specifically attached to food stamps, this is a fairly new thing. this wasn't particularly controversial or polarized for a long time. the enrollment has gone up, because there air lot more poor people in america. this is one of the big talking points right now, obama, the food stamp president. here is the guy that is the face of food stamp slackardom for fox news. >> the 29-year-old has chosen the life of a beach bum. he gets by with a little help from his friends and you, the taxpayer. >> my ebt snap card. it has the coast of california on it.
obama's america. you hear some things probably about all the people on food stamps possibly, if you have some very hard core consumers of conservative media. there is a sense that has been sold to the consumers of that media, that people on food stamps are essentially milking the system, getting one over. what's remarkable about this, that general narrative is not new in conservatism at all, the idea of this fear of slackers sucking at the feet of government. specifically attached to food...
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>> you literally have to have president obama nationalize the insurance industry. a and i know a lot of republicans have accused him of that, but the reality is, he's not done that. so what that means is, insurance companies drop plans, we have had our plans dropped, nothing to do with obama care, this happened years ago, before it was even legislation. insurance companies changed plans all the time. i don't know what someone could have thought if president obama was guaranteeing them their plan would stay in effect in perpetuity. he couldn't do that unless he took over the market. >> one point i'll make in the president's defense is this, any conservative reform of the health care system would also result in changes in the health insurance market. and republicans in being so vigorous in defending the status quo pre-aca, that if they -- >> one of the biggest ones, white and bennett that got a tremendous amount of traction in the right wonk circles, which i think is about four people, that would have gotten rid of the deferred tax treatment that employer based healt
>> you literally have to have president obama nationalize the insurance industry. a and i know a lot of republicans have accused him of that, but the reality is, he's not done that. so what that means is, insurance companies drop plans, we have had our plans dropped, nothing to do with obama care, this happened years ago, before it was even legislation. insurance companies changed plans all the time. i don't know what someone could have thought if president obama was guaranteeing them...
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a referendum on obama care. and then anti-obama care side lost, right? you know that they -- our friends on the fox news channel have been whacking away at this all day trying to turn the republicans losing the governorship in virginia into a bad thing for democrats. specifically a bad thing for health reform. but the fact is, last night, virginia against all historical odds elected a democrat. not a republican, they elected a democrat who specifically promised to expand health reform in the state. today, president obama went to texas, of all places to talk about expanding health reform in that state. texas has more uninsured people in the state in the country by a mile. and the republican-controlled state government in texas are making sure that the access to obama care are as hard as possible to access for people who live in texas. it is provocative seeing president obama going down to texas to see rick perry, to see how the republicans have done so wrong by the people in their own state. the republicans in te
a referendum on obama care. and then anti-obama care side lost, right? you know that they -- our friends on the fox news channel have been whacking away at this all day trying to turn the republicans losing the governorship in virginia into a bad thing for democrats. specifically a bad thing for health reform. but the fact is, last night, virginia against all historical odds elected a democrat. not a republican, they elected a democrat who specifically promised to expand health reform in the...
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those seats pre-dated the obama administration. somehow calling it court packing when all the president is doing is following his constitutional duty to appoint nominees to these existing judicial vacancies. it's absolutely silly. >> the circuit court currently has eight judges, four a pinted by democrats and four by republicans. soon there will be more appointed by the president having a direct impact on the epa. shannon? >> thank you. we'll talk about the implications of the nuclear option in our panel tonight. if you have not participated in our pulse, please take a moment to go to the home page. fox news.com/special report. there are simple instructions there. you can provide an and monitor real time feedback to what our panelists have to say. you can access the pulse on your smartphone or tablet. go to binge.com/politics. >>> the fallout with the fox allstars when we come back. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male an
those seats pre-dated the obama administration. somehow calling it court packing when all the president is doing is following his constitutional duty to appoint nominees to these existing judicial vacancies. it's absolutely silly. >> the circuit court currently has eight judges, four a pinted by democrats and four by republicans. soon there will be more appointed by the president having a direct impact on the epa. shannon? >> thank you. we'll talk about the implications of the...
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it was barack obama running against john mccain. white voters went for the republican by this huge margin. this does not mean that 47% of white people voted republican in texas. it means that white people voted for john mccain by a 47-point margin. black voters picked the democratic candidate for president by a 96-point margin. the black vote in 2008 in texas was 98-2 for barack obama. for latinos it was a similar huge margin for the democrats. the democratic ticket did better than the republican ticket among latino voters in 2008 by a margin of 28 points. there is just a stark, stark racial divide in the voting patterns in texas. again, this is the '08 presidential race. i would show you the 2012 presidential numbers, too, but, weirdly, texas did not get exit polled in 2012, some sort of cost-saving measure or something, so there aren't 2012 numbers. but you can see between 2008 and 2010, there is a consistency over time. in the last governors race in texas, in 2010, there was also a disparity in income. households making over $50,
it was barack obama running against john mccain. white voters went for the republican by this huge margin. this does not mean that 47% of white people voted republican in texas. it means that white people voted for john mccain by a 47-point margin. black voters picked the democratic candidate for president by a 96-point margin. the black vote in 2008 in texas was 98-2 for barack obama. for latinos it was a similar huge margin for the democrats. the democratic ticket did better than the...
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president obama said if we like our insurance, we would be able to keep it. that was obviously untrue. ". that's untrue." i got an e-mail on october 7. said i've been self-employed for 1 years and have never been without health iven assurance. three years ago i was diagnosed with multiple scle loss sis. having a preexisting condition was not a problem for me as i had never let my insurance lafments my medication cost would be $4,000 per month without insurance. i received notice they were going to cancel my plan and i had to sign up for new coverage through the health insurance exchange. if my coverage is not in place before january 1 i will have to go without my medications. this will cause permanent disabilities, blindness and problems walking. any plan i find that would cover me channels me back to signing up through the exchange. i'm a small business owner and a productive member of society. i own my own house. now 50eu78 in trouble. we call this woman and we discuss this. it turned out there were two options available to her through the exchange. one opt
president obama said if we like our insurance, we would be able to keep it. that was obviously untrue. ". that's untrue." i got an e-mail on october 7. said i've been self-employed for 1 years and have never been without health iven assurance. three years ago i was diagnosed with multiple scle loss sis. having a preexisting condition was not a problem for me as i had never let my insurance lafments my medication cost would be $4,000 per month without insurance. i received notice they...
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it was barack obama running against john mccain. white voters went for the republican by this huge margin. this does not mean that 47% of white people voted republican in texas. it means that white people voted for john mccain by a 47-point margin. black voters picked the democratic candidate for president by a 96-point margin. the black vote in 2008 in texas was 98-2 for barack obama. for latinos it was a similar huge margin for the democrats. the democratic ticket did better than the republican ticket among latino voters in 2008 by a margin of 28 points. there is just a stark, stark racial divide in the voting patterns in texas. again, this is the '08 presidential race. i would show you the 2012 presidential numbers, too, but, weirdly, texas did not get exit polled in 2012, some sort of cost-saving measure or something, so there aren't 2012 numbers. but you can see between 2008 and 2010, there is a consistency over time. in the last governors race in texas, in 2010, there was also a disparity in income. households making over $50,
it was barack obama running against john mccain. white voters went for the republican by this huge margin. this does not mean that 47% of white people voted republican in texas. it means that white people voted for john mccain by a 47-point margin. black voters picked the democratic candidate for president by a 96-point margin. the black vote in 2008 in texas was 98-2 for barack obama. for latinos it was a similar huge margin for the democrats. the democratic ticket did better than the...
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>> because president obama said he's for it. sometimes we talk on your show and other shows on whether the president should come out in favor of something and how folks on the hill want him to stay away from it. it's because if the president says he's for something or encouraged by something, movement that's happening on capitol hill, that's a surefire way to quit it because of the knee-jerk reaction of a lot of folks in the republican party to oppose anything the president wants to do even if it's the right thing to do. >> i want to talk to you, you're about my age. i remember someone i worked with, and he said something i never realized. he said if you want to be loved by history, sport the expansion of rights. they go out to many more people. and the more that that grows, the more people in the future who benefit from that will remember who was on their side. now my question here is, here's the president doing though. his enemies out there made it a goal to suppress the rights of voters. look at this map. under the leadership
>> because president obama said he's for it. sometimes we talk on your show and other shows on whether the president should come out in favor of something and how folks on the hill want him to stay away from it. it's because if the president says he's for something or encouraged by something, movement that's happening on capitol hill, that's a surefire way to quit it because of the knee-jerk reaction of a lot of folks in the republican party to oppose anything the president wants to do...
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obama care is not enough. and now i think for the first time, virginians might actually experience obama care fully applied in good faith. the current governor declined the medicaid funding from the obama administration, and now the man who won last night wants to use that money to expand health care to 400,000 virginians. that's roughly a fifth of the people who voted yesterday. and a policy helping that many people could end up being pretty popular too. that does it for "the cycle." jonathan capehart is in for martin bashir. >> it's wednesday, november 6th. and who's got the power? ♪ i've got the power >> the rhetoric of reform is becoming the reality of reform and we're not going back. >> this race was a referendum on obama care. >> you go around and say a lot of biologically stupid things. >> the tea party isn't nearly as much fun as it sounds. >> you sent a message, virginia would continue the mainstream bipartisan position. >> despite being outspent by an unprecedented $50 million -- >> a lot of cuccin
obama care is not enough. and now i think for the first time, virginians might actually experience obama care fully applied in good faith. the current governor declined the medicaid funding from the obama administration, and now the man who won last night wants to use that money to expand health care to 400,000 virginians. that's roughly a fifth of the people who voted yesterday. and a policy helping that many people could end up being pretty popular too. that does it for "the cycle."...
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. >> republicans have settled on their latest anti-obama care message. if you like your health plan, you can keep it. and today they got a big boost from bill clinton. >> i personally believe even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people. >> drudge immediately seized on the comments. john boehner applauded the statement saying that democrats concerned about the president's broken promise should join republicans in voting to pass the keep your health plan act. that bill would allow insurance companies to continue try and sell that policy in the media, now the roles have been completely reversed. republican lawmakers now take their own legislative agenda straight from the conservative media talking point of the day. it's a legislative meth perfected during the shutdown. when republicans voted based solely on whatever was on fox the previous day. remember, it was the right wing media -- >> according to the daily caller, they say this is the first time in history that things have b
. >> republicans have settled on their latest anti-obama care message. if you like your health plan, you can keep it. and today they got a big boost from bill clinton. >> i personally believe even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people. >> drudge immediately seized on the comments. john boehner applauded the statement saying that democrats concerned about the president's broken promise should join...
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lie is a strong word but distorted. >> when you look at what michele obama said obama care will kill women and kids and grandparents and this guy said this is not what you said. the fact they can get away with out right lies again and again because they are people that believe it -- >> fair and balance and giggle at this stuff. they mean balanced to other networks. never mind. the way people hear things. when it comes to health care there's a lot of hysteria. please try to explain this. listen to this. number one forever on our countdown. what's this guy talking about? >> it provides in obama care that this commission nooen commissioned officer corps will be trained. but i want to know are they using weapons to train or are they being taught to use syringes and health care items? >> joan, what is the army of people bearing syringes -- what are they putting syringes up over their how older. what are we talking about. what fear zone he's talking about. army of body snatchers indoctrinating people with death panel juice. >> we have three guys from texas which makes me worry about my fri
lie is a strong word but distorted. >> when you look at what michele obama said obama care will kill women and kids and grandparents and this guy said this is not what you said. the fact they can get away with out right lies again and again because they are people that believe it -- >> fair and balance and giggle at this stuff. they mean balanced to other networks. never mind. the way people hear things. when it comes to health care there's a lot of hysteria. please try to explain...
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remember, that the one difference between candidate obama and candidate clinton was that candidate obama was opposed to the individual mandate. >> in fact you're going to mandate the purchase of insurance exit's not affordable, then there's going to have to be some enforcement mechanism that the government uses and they may charge people who already don't have health care or have to take it out of their paychecks and that i don't think is helping those without health insurance. >> he was the most convincing opponent the mandate has had. including hillary clinton. candidate obama won the individual mandate argument on his way to winning the democratic nomination for president. >> you can mandate it, but there is still going to be people who can't afford it and if they cannot afford it, then the question is what are you going to do about it? are you going to fine them? are you going garnish their wages? >> when president obama was reluctantly converted, he still had those questions. are you going fine them? are you going to garnish their wages? let's give them the lightest lease enforceabl
remember, that the one difference between candidate obama and candidate clinton was that candidate obama was opposed to the individual mandate. >> in fact you're going to mandate the purchase of insurance exit's not affordable, then there's going to have to be some enforcement mechanism that the government uses and they may charge people who already don't have health care or have to take it out of their paychecks and that i don't think is helping those without health insurance. >>...
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if they can stop obama care or dismantle obama care they will take the risk about another program obama care and social security. >> whenever you're making a comparison to the nazis you're losing, so was it during his 21 hour filibuster in september. number two on the countdown. lets catch the big mistake people make comparing anything to the third reich. >> if more politicians just listen to the people, we would respond and avert this train wreck. and yet, mr. president, the politicians of washington tell us don't worry about it, obama care is peachy keen. if you go to the 1940s nazi germany, we saw in britain neville chamberlain told british people, accept the nazis. yes, they will dominate the continent of europe. that's not our problem. lets appease them. it can't be done. we can't possibly stand against them. >> 1930s, appeasement, czechoslovakia and german people. this guy knows nothing. why make comparisons to the nazis. >> when you're doing a faux filibuster you have to talk about something, something, green eggs and ham, faux history. ted cruz falls into that other category of
if they can stop obama care or dismantle obama care they will take the risk about another program obama care and social security. >> whenever you're making a comparison to the nazis you're losing, so was it during his 21 hour filibuster in september. number two on the countdown. lets catch the big mistake people make comparing anything to the third reich. >> if more politicians just listen to the people, we would respond and avert this train wreck. and yet, mr. president, the...
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president obama paid tribute to john f. kennedy by holding an event with an institution created by jfk, the peace corps. he participated in a video conference with peace corps volunteers in tanzania and declared today a day of remembrance. nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss joins me here and tony sabato, author of kennedy half century and reed epstein reporter for politico. when you look at these pictures and images coming in, michael, i'll start with you here, being a texan, as i explained to you my entire life, you go through this area and you realize that dallas struggled with how to remember what happened. these are images of boston right now but dallas greatly struggled on how to accept what happened on its door step. >> even the dallas cowboys which have been scheduled to play a game that weekend, which they actually did, not only were they worried about the fact that people would be angry at them or fr worried violence would be done by those angry at dallas. we were showing that image from the kennedy
president obama paid tribute to john f. kennedy by holding an event with an institution created by jfk, the peace corps. he participated in a video conference with peace corps volunteers in tanzania and declared today a day of remembrance. nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss joins me here and tony sabato, author of kennedy half century and reed epstein reporter for politico. when you look at these pictures and images coming in, michael, i'll start with you here, being a texan, as...
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through the five years of the obama presidency and this is your context, senate has held votes to he said filibuster 79 times. that's already more than double the amount during president bush's eight years in office. they can now end the debate with a simple majority. however, the new rule does not apply to supreme court nominations or ledges late difference bills. and while the move helps democrats right now, that may not always be the case. yesterday harry reid and mitch mcconnell debated the matter receipts of the vote. >> it's time to change. it's time to change the senate before this institution becomes obsolete. you don't have to like the laws of the land, but do you have to respect the laws and abide by them. is senate working now? can anyone say the senate is working now? i don't think so. >> i realize this sort of wishful thinking might appeal to the uninitiated newcomers who served exactly zero days in the minority. but the rest of you guys in the conference should know better. if you want to play games, set yet another precede press press you'll know doubt regret. >> presi
through the five years of the obama presidency and this is your context, senate has held votes to he said filibuster 79 times. that's already more than double the amount during president bush's eight years in office. they can now end the debate with a simple majority. however, the new rule does not apply to supreme court nominations or ledges late difference bills. and while the move helps democrats right now, that may not always be the case. yesterday harry reid and mitch mcconnell debated the...
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and president obama has all sorts of domestic issues. obama care and endless list of things. so the question is if he is able to make a deal with the iranians that satisfies him and secretary kerry will he be able to sell this deal to the american people and their elected representatives in congress? and it's a real consideration and the same consideration exist in iran. so it's sort of a two stage challenge. one is to make a deal with one another and the other is to get your camps to accept the deals. the supreme leader commented on to new york. trip he criticized the phone call between him and obama. if two guys can't have a phone call and goes to that level, it shows you how difficult it is to make a deal. t me end by advocating extraordinary humility when it comes to understanding iran. the data is just not there. we are really stumbling around in the dark and trying to make sense of things with very fragmentary information and things change a lot. so these are all my personal views. the longer i study iran, the longer i think i probably should have been a switzerland spe
and president obama has all sorts of domestic issues. obama care and endless list of things. so the question is if he is able to make a deal with the iranians that satisfies him and secretary kerry will he be able to sell this deal to the american people and their elected representatives in congress? and it's a real consideration and the same consideration exist in iran. so it's sort of a two stage challenge. one is to make a deal with one another and the other is to get your camps to accept...
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look, president obama has been president for five years. we have put on the table that iran is not allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. that is a point of u.s. policy. it has been bipartisan. the problem here is that this sanction, this deal sanctions iran, basically, as a nuclear power. what my question for rosa would be, what was the all-fired hurry? i mean, the sanctions were working. iran was increasingly desperate. now all of a sudden, the pressure is off iran, and yet, their commitment is not only not verifiable, but it's not even a commitment to give everything that the u.n. resolutions demanded. and that's a huge problem. >> i'm curious on that point. because i was in iran for the elections this summer. there's no question the sanctions were working. food prices had doubled. it's always been clear to me a lot of countries want to circumvent the sanctions. we've done stories about people circumventing the sanctions. it takes years to get those things in place. and in six months we're going to put them back in place. it doesn't seem t
look, president obama has been president for five years. we have put on the table that iran is not allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. that is a point of u.s. policy. it has been bipartisan. the problem here is that this sanction, this deal sanctions iran, basically, as a nuclear power. what my question for rosa would be, what was the all-fired hurry? i mean, the sanctions were working. iran was increasingly desperate. now all of a sudden, the pressure is off iran, and yet, their commitment is...
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want to call voters in that what i found in my state and in , people votedce for both me and barack obama are obviously not people who do not necessarily to be perfectly aligned. what did i want more than anything who have bold ideas that are aggressively putting those out. in the state, oprah's boat, fundamental -- on principle, fundamental issues, to come out and say to win elections, i need to change my -- you will lose votes. they want to respect. ado not want to bite it was perfect, identical rebel. -- replica. they want to know that they respect first and foremost that elected official. he or she has a course of principles they wanted to stick with. secondly, to my larger point, they want to know even if they to people whatn no problem voting for me even though they do not share my belief on that particular issue because that effect that the things i focus in on even on the fiscal issues in my state and that is what they feel they hired me to do. i use example outside of politics. bei were hiring somebody to the chief executive of a company i had and i said he or she was exceptional
want to call voters in that what i found in my state and in , people votedce for both me and barack obama are obviously not people who do not necessarily to be perfectly aligned. what did i want more than anything who have bold ideas that are aggressively putting those out. in the state, oprah's boat, fundamental -- on principle, fundamental issues, to come out and say to win elections, i need to change my -- you will lose votes. they want to respect. ado not want to bite it was perfect,...
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we agree that we need -- >> obama, obama! >> you have a power to stop the deportation for all -- >> actually i don't, that's why we're here. >> stop deportation. >> stop deportation. >> all right, guys, let's spin. you can always expect a heckler or two when you're president of the united states. for the past five months or so, we've assumed and been told that immigration reform was essentially dead in the water. what we are hearing from the president seems to be a more sympathetic, patient tune towards house republicans who have accepted it actually, surprisingly well. you have speaker boehner, i'm very encouraged that the president would accept our step by step approach. i think this move stems from anger and frustration from the american people that want something done on immigration. you have pressure coming from republicans from a number of groups, business conservatives and evangelical leaders who said immigration is crucial to getting track with voters after an embarrassing turnout. president obama has every reason to
we agree that we need -- >> obama, obama! >> you have a power to stop the deportation for all -- >> actually i don't, that's why we're here. >> stop deportation. >> stop deportation. >> all right, guys, let's spin. you can always expect a heckler or two when you're president of the united states. for the past five months or so, we've assumed and been told that immigration reform was essentially dead in the water. what we are hearing from the president seems...
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president obama travelled to wednesday to speak about the healthcare law. visited to meet with volunteers who worked with and outreach. my name is edna temperton. bring you greetings from texas greetings g you also from my pastor brian carter from church.baptist i have distinguished honor to our commander in chief. let me tell you y on january the 12th, 2012, i was diagnosed with cancer. went into the hospital know that iing i had everything all right. do the paperwork right and i was denied service. being healed, god bless me i'm healed through the prayers, you and i would join many of you to make sure that everybody understands affordable healthcare and no one else will be denied service because they do the proper work like i did. ladies and gentlemen, i know so i won't waiting go through all the stuff i'm upposed to say, i'm going to introduce to you our president barack obama. applause] >> thank you, edna. round of big applause. see all is wonderful to of you and let me just make some special mention of some people edna who are here. irst of all, your o
president obama travelled to wednesday to speak about the healthcare law. visited to meet with volunteers who worked with and outreach. my name is edna temperton. bring you greetings from texas greetings g you also from my pastor brian carter from church.baptist i have distinguished honor to our commander in chief. let me tell you y on january the 12th, 2012, i was diagnosed with cancer. went into the hospital know that iing i had everything all right. do the paperwork right and i was denied...
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i think obama's health care plan may turn out to be the biggest enemy of obama care is obama care when people see what it does. that's not what every member of the senate would think. it's what i happen to think. >> we obviously have a point on which we disagree and we respect each other's views. we have very different views on this. i believe affordable health care for every person, three out of four of us already have health care through an employer or medicare or the va or so on. the folks that don't, it's time to fix it. we have to make sure this works. i think what is most important is that we can have differences and look for common ground. that's called governing. we have a big country and we have people with very different views. it's a democracy and not about looking for the ways we don't agree, but ways where we do agree. if we start with where we do agree, we can get a lot done. >> i good note to end on. you are both believers in the crazy system. you have to find a way to find middle ground on things. thank you both. up next, legal limits in the lone star state. new restric
i think obama's health care plan may turn out to be the biggest enemy of obama care is obama care when people see what it does. that's not what every member of the senate would think. it's what i happen to think. >> we obviously have a point on which we disagree and we respect each other's views. we have very different views on this. i believe affordable health care for every person, three out of four of us already have health care through an employer or medicare or the va or so on. the...
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>>> "news nation" is following developing news, president obama in the grountd in san francisco where in 30 minutes from now he'll make new remarks on immigration reform. last week he told the wall street journal he would accept an piecemeal approach as long as the end result is the same. we will bring you the president's comments live when they happen. we're also following this deadly winter storm affecting millions of people and holiday plans as it tweaks across the country dumping rain and snow and ice. the storm system is being blamed for 13 deaths so far. most are due to treacherous road conditions, including ice covered roads in oklahoma and texas and new mexico. ice is also expected to blanket, virginia and parts of the carolinas tonight and into tomorrow. parts of utah and colorado are already covered in up to a foot of snow. as the system makes its way east, pennsylvania and upstate new york are expecting to see high snow as well. high levels of snow. the worgs the of the weather is expected to hit the mid-atlantic and northeast region sometime between tuesday morning into we
>>> "news nation" is following developing news, president obama in the grountd in san francisco where in 30 minutes from now he'll make new remarks on immigration reform. last week he told the wall street journal he would accept an piecemeal approach as long as the end result is the same. we will bring you the president's comments live when they happen. we're also following this deadly winter storm affecting millions of people and holiday plans as it tweaks across the country...
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if they can stop obama care or dismantle obama care, they'll take the risk of another conversation about medicare and social security. they will. >> okay, jonathan, you can get this one. whenever you're talking or making a comparison to the nazis, you're losing. and so it was for senator cruz during his 21-hour faux filibuster in september. number two in our countdown. the big mistake people keep making comparing anything to the third reich. >> if more politicians just listen to the people, we would respond and avert this train wreck. and yet, mr. president, the politicians of washington tell us don't worry about it. obama care is just going to be peachy keen. you go to the 1940s. nazi germany. look, we saw in britain. nevil chamberlain, who told the british people, accept the nazis. yes, they'll dominant the continent of europe. but that's not our problem. let's apiece them. why? because it can't be done. we can't possibly stand against them. >> this got in-study history. the 1930s about appeasement had nothing to do with the continent of europe, had had to do with chezechoslovaki czech
if they can stop obama care or dismantle obama care, they'll take the risk of another conversation about medicare and social security. they will. >> okay, jonathan, you can get this one. whenever you're talking or making a comparison to the nazis, you're losing. and so it was for senator cruz during his 21-hour faux filibuster in september. number two in our countdown. the big mistake people keep making comparing anything to the third reich. >> if more politicians just listen to the...
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because, in fact, the you ask people, do you like obama care, no. do you like keeping your kids on your insurance policy until they're 26. yeah, i like that. do you like the fact that the medications that you were paying for are free. yes, i like that. and so the specifics of it, people actually like a lot. >> now, that sound clip we played a montage just a moment ago, the word fraudulent was in there. may we point out, and maybe gentlemen disagree with me. that it is fraudulent to tell the american people that this law is going to be repealed. the president is never going to sign anything that's going to repeal obama care, or any part of it at all. the executive branch -- the house can vote all they want. harry reid is not going to take it up in the senate. so i mean, this is reporting that is being done on fox to even lead the american people down the road, thinking this law is going to be repealed is fraudulent. bob? >> well, listen, nick. they even tried out pat buchanan to make a comparison to a bay of pigs. i think pat knows he's off base. thi
because, in fact, the you ask people, do you like obama care, no. do you like keeping your kids on your insurance policy until they're 26. yeah, i like that. do you like the fact that the medications that you were paying for are free. yes, i like that. and so the specifics of it, people actually like a lot. >> now, that sound clip we played a montage just a moment ago, the word fraudulent was in there. may we point out, and maybe gentlemen disagree with me. that it is fraudulent to tell...
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president obama leaves tonight for a three day fund-raising trip out west. his approval ratings have been plummeting, but he's on track to become the most prolific second term president in history. how? why? >>> plus, holiday weather. a killer storm is hitting the south before turning north just in time for thanksgiving. we'll be live with the forecast. and going for the green. eager entrepreneurs are poised to cash in on newly relaxed state marijuana laws and it's not who you probably think. but we start, though, with that breakthrough deal reached overnight with iran. here are just a few of the nuts and bolts. iran will be getting initial relief from sanctions, essentially bills of dollars in oil money that had been frozen. in exchange, iran agrees to halt what is called high grade urani uranium enrichment. they also cannot install additional centrifuges. those are devices used to enrich uranium. again, this is all a temporary deal. designed to provide a six month window to reach a more comprehensive agreement. i want to go live now to london where john ke
president obama leaves tonight for a three day fund-raising trip out west. his approval ratings have been plummeting, but he's on track to become the most prolific second term president in history. how? why? >>> plus, holiday weather. a killer storm is hitting the south before turning north just in time for thanksgiving. we'll be live with the forecast. and going for the green. eager entrepreneurs are poised to cash in on newly relaxed state marijuana laws and it's not who you probably...
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chuck, thanks. >>> tonight the obama administration is pushing back hard on reports that thousands of u.s. troops could remain in afghanistan for another decade or more as part of a deal now being debated in that country. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has that report tonight from kabul. >> reporter: on patrol over kabul with the afghan air force. security tight. more than 2,000 tribal elders gathered today to debate a deal that could cost the u.s. billions and leave thousands of american troops here for years. president karzai asked them to accept the deal, assuring them that american soldiers won't be doing combat missions anymore. karzai also referenced a letter from president obama confirmed by the white house, promising the u.s. will, quote, make every effort to respect the sanctity and dignity of afghans in their homes just as we do for our own citizens. if approved, the deal would commit the u.s. to support and pay for afghan security forces, allow the u.s. to keep bases with troops, weapons, and aircraft valid to 2024. president karsai today told his people 15,0
chuck, thanks. >>> tonight the obama administration is pushing back hard on reports that thousands of u.s. troops could remain in afghanistan for another decade or more as part of a deal now being debated in that country. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has that report tonight from kabul. >> reporter: on patrol over kabul with the afghan air force. security tight. more than 2,000 tribal elders gathered today to debate a deal that could cost the u.s. billions and...
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there's another side to the obama care battle. there are people who are working day and night seven days a week to make obama care care work. the non profit with ties to the bam administration contacted 300,000 people this year. all is part of the push to get people signed up for the health care. all is key to getting enough americans on board to make the program work. this is a mission that's never seemed more vital. >> how are you? >> i'm great, chris. thanks for having me. >> how are things going? >> great actually -- >> you have to tell me that. >> anyone working on this issue is incredibly frustrated by the website. what folks rant ware of is what's going on beyond that. enthusiasm and what we're seeing. role america is recognizing there's opportunity ahead of us. people to gain access to affordable health care coverage for the first time. there needs to be effort to get them what they need. we launched the campaign about taking the best practices -- >> i want to stop you. i want to make clear what the stakes are. the human s
there's another side to the obama care battle. there are people who are working day and night seven days a week to make obama care care work. the non profit with ties to the bam administration contacted 300,000 people this year. all is part of the push to get people signed up for the health care. all is key to getting enough americans on board to make the program work. this is a mission that's never seemed more vital. >> how are you? >> i'm great, chris. thanks for having me....
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i don't think obama care failed. access to obama care is a failure at this point in time and needs to be fixed. >> but some fixes are still a ways off. up to 40% of the website is incomplete according to administration testimony last week and pledge that the website will work for a vast majority of users is testing patience on the hill for some house democrats the clock is ticking on how long they are willing to play defense. some starting to rise medicaid a public sector bright spot for expanding coverage. other hill insiders say house democrats may put emphasis on oversight joining what has been a republican crusade using hearings for exposing waste, incompetence and abuse to hhs. out to the panel, maggie, we were quoting some "politico" reporting on the front, the idea that hearings are not just going to be a political charade for republicans to go at obama care, democrats are going to get in that mix. >> i think democrats are going to get into that mix because their needs aren't the same as the president as you h
i don't think obama care failed. access to obama care is a failure at this point in time and needs to be fixed. >> but some fixes are still a ways off. up to 40% of the website is incomplete according to administration testimony last week and pledge that the website will work for a vast majority of users is testing patience on the hill for some house democrats the clock is ticking on how long they are willing to play defense. some starting to rise medicaid a public sector bright spot for...
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. >> today we got a unique look into how president obama sees america, more on that in a few minutes. >>> and coming up later? >> i'm walking into a meeting about vine and how members of congress can use it better. >> that was trey radel, prolific viner, he vines about everything, there is one thing he probably won be vining about. and we'll talk about that, ahead. hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. >>> early in oprah winfrey's career, her bosses told her she should change her name to susie. i have to pause here to say i got the same advice. >> so oprah was at the white house today, as was president bill clinton, country music star loretta lynn, and my personal favorite, chicago cubs favorite, ernie banks, they were there to receive the highest award, from people famous to probably people you never heard of. every one of them has an incredible story. some of the most interesting stories come from the people in that latter category. the honor, heralded by the president, it is an opportunity for the president to express his own view and values. that is because he, some day she, gets to select th
. >> today we got a unique look into how president obama sees america, more on that in a few minutes. >>> and coming up later? >> i'm walking into a meeting about vine and how members of congress can use it better. >> that was trey radel, prolific viner, he vines about everything, there is one thing he probably won be vining about. and we'll talk about that, ahead. hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. >>> early in oprah winfrey's career, her bosses told her she should...
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so therefore obama and the executive -- >> explain why. because you can't get the votes to do anything. >> the republicans would use that is as a way to obstruct. they have to do a lot of this with regulations they otherwise wouldn't do. and it's like throwing gum into the -- >> all these fixes they demand now, they had an opportunity to deliver on right before they got the first part of the health care plan through. then they came around reconciliation. they said we're not giving you a single vote. you've got to do it that way. anyway, republicans continue their efforts to undercut the president's authority by blocking two of its nominees for the supreme court. or the appellate court yesterday. the first was mel watt, the congressman, to head the federal housing finance agency. watt became the first blocked for executive appointment since 1843. the second was patricia millett to the d.c. court of appeals. they're holding it up on the charge that the president is packing the court. when he's simply filling vacancies. in other words, doing
so therefore obama and the executive -- >> explain why. because you can't get the votes to do anything. >> the republicans would use that is as a way to obstruct. they have to do a lot of this with regulations they otherwise wouldn't do. and it's like throwing gum into the -- >> all these fixes they demand now, they had an opportunity to deliver on right before they got the first part of the health care plan through. then they came around reconciliation. they said we're not...